See Also: Aphasia(medicine)
aphasia(encyclopedia)
Aphasia(health)
aphasia(dictionary)
Wernicke's aphasia(health)
transcortical aphasia(medicine)
total aphasia(medicine)
syntactical aphasia(medicine)
sensory aphasia(medicine)
semantic aphasia(medicine)

aphasia (iou)



aphasia noun. M19.
[Greek, from aphatos speechless, from A-10 + phanai speak: see -IA1.]
Loss or impairment of the faculty of speech or of understanding of language (or both), due to cerebral disease or damage.
BROCA's aphasia. SEMANTIC aphasia. sensory aphasia: see SENSORY adjective. WERNICKE's aphasia.
aphasiac adjective & noun (rare) = aphasic M19.
aphasic adjective & noun (a person) affected with aphasia; of or pertaining to aphasia: M19.
aphasi'ology noun the study and treatment of aphasia M20.